I grew up in that town and attended that school. Despite descriptions of it as a "suburban school", it is in a rural town of 11,000 people surrounded by farmers and fishermen.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if someone in law enforcement has gone off the rails here. The alert was raised by officials in Wicomico County, which is an adjacent county where the "perp" lives. Either the guy was stockpiling nukes at home or Deputy Dawg got set off by the scary books and "aliases".

Fun Fact: When I started school there the county schools were segregated, with completely separate systems for black and white students. The Mace's Lane Middle School building was the black high school.

a particular individual:R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliases teaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

FTFY

That somehow trumps his First Amendment rights? Either you are a terrible troll or you... I can't say on Fark.

a particular individual:R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliasespen namesteaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

R.A.Danny:a particular individual: R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliases teaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

FTFY

That somehow trumps his First Amendment rights? Either you are a terrible troll or you... I can't say on Fark.

namegoeshere:a particular individual: R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliasespen names teaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

Snarfangel:R.A.Danny: a particular individual: R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliases teaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

FTFY

That somehow trumps his First Amendment rights? Either you are a terrible troll or you... I can't say on Fark.

Snarfangel:namegoeshere: a particular individual: R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliasespen names teaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

FTFY

FTFY

Are we sure it's a nom de plume and not a nom de guerre?

/nom nom nom.

Police said that under those names, he wrote two fictional books about the largest school shooting in the country's history set in the future.

Sure sounds like nom de plume to me. Which if you teach and write anything other than Christian Inspirational feel good stories is a damn good idea.

A language arts teacher that isn't allowed to practice language arts. Next you're going to tell me about the shop teacher who isn't allowed to have sharp tools, or the home-ec teacher who isn't allowed to prepare food because it goes against the lunch lady union.

LIGAFF:I grew up in that town and attended that school. Despite descriptions of it as a "suburban school", it is in a rural town of 11,000 people surrounded by farmers and fishermen.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if someone in law enforcement has gone off the rails here. The alert was raised by officials in Wicomico County, which is an adjacent county where the "perp" lives. Either the guy was stockpiling nukes at home or Deputy Dawg got set off by the scary books and "aliases".

Here's an article from a local paper with more info.http://www.stardem.com/easternshore/news/dorchester_county/article_4 36 429cd-6151-5000-b068-3d2baf3d34fd.html

What's the demography of that town? Is this guy a little more swarthy than they're comfortable with perhaps?

doyner:What's the demography of that town? Is this guy a little more swarthy than they're comfortable with perhaps?

Not really:

[In the 2010 census t]he racial makeup of [Cambridge, MD] was 47.9% African American, 45.9% White, 0.4% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 2.0% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.9% of the population.

Wouldn't it be ironic if the panic caused because of a fictional book that depicts the largest school shooting in the country's history ends up resulting in the largest civil award against a municipality and school district in the country's history?

And now they can bet that very many students at the school are going to buy those books.

LIGAFF:Fun Fact: When I started school there the county schools were segregated, with completely separate systems for black and white students. The Mace's Lane Middle School building was the black high school.

namegoeshere:a particular individual: R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliasespen namesteaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shootinga trending topic in an environment he is familiar with is now a suspect. Brilliant.

It will turn out that everyone involved with the arrest is also a writer and is really pissed off that he was on the verge of a much better book deal. It's not like Pierce who wrote the Turner Diaries was ever considered a threat or arrested, of course Pierce was never suspected of Writing While Black.

OtherLittleGuy:Lsherm: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

A home search for guns, sure. But a forced psych eval? That's a bit much.

I'd endorse a forced psych eval for GRRM if it meant he'd finish the series.

Try being a fan of the War Against The Chtorr.

Also, school shootings in 2902? 888 years in the future? Isn't that roughly like having a book written about the threat of another Norman Conquest of England in modern times? Pretty sure schools will not even closely resemble what we have in the current era.

R.A.Danny:a particular individual: R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliases teaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

FTFY

That somehow trumps his First Amendment rights? Either you are a terrible troll or you... I can't say on Fark.

A random fiction writer who would write a story about the President being assassinated would be one thing. A White House aide writing it in his/her free time would be something else.

It's the matter of the proximity of the subject matter and one's real life context. Is the writer taking notes from his life, knowing intimate details that would make the story believable and interesting or is it someone in the first steps of a fantasy that may spill into reality?

I can see people be worried about this kind of stuff. Yes, there's the whole first amendment thing but any time there's a shooting people point out that there were clues that were ignored. This is one of those "uncomfortably close" situations.

Little Susie's eager eyes grew with wonder and she wiggled in her seat as Mr. Weiner continued his lecture on the more obscure mating habits of the bonobo. She thought this might be too advanced for 11th grade biology but she knew she was ready to learn.

R.A.Danny:a particular individual: R.A.Danny: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

Every fiction writer with two aliases teaching middle school and writing novels about a mass school shooting is now a suspect. Brilliant.

FTFY

That somehow trumps his First Amendment rights? Either you are a terrible troll or you... I can't say on Fark.

Boojum2k:OtherLittleGuy: Lsherm: a particular individual: If they knew of the books and did nothing, and the teacher then killed a bunch of kids, people would rightly be outraged that red flags were ignored.

A home search for guns, sure. But a forced psych eval? That's a bit much.

I'd endorse a forced psych eval for GRRM if it meant he'd finish the series.

Try being a fan of the War Against The Chtorr.

Also, school shootings in 2902? 888 years in the future? Isn't that roughly like having a book written about the threat of another Norman Conquest of England in modern times? Pretty sure schools will not even closely resemble what we have in the current era.

Good thing that author who nuked the football game in his book and also wrote about crashing a plane into the capitol building during a State of the union speech died before they could put him in the fema canps.

nmrsnr:doyner: What's the demography of that town? Is this guy a little more swarthy than they're comfortable with perhaps?

Not really:

[In the 2010 census t]he racial makeup of [Cambridge, MD] was 47.9% African American, 45.9% White, 0.4% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 2.0% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.9% of the population.

As we all know, a majority population of African Americans in a small community always results in fair treatment of African Americans in that community.......................